Advocacy
CHLA Issues Comprehensive “Report on Ginnie Mae”
CHLA releases a comprehensive “Report on Ginnie Mae” – which explains why smaller IMB issuers pose no significant financial or systemic risk to Ginnie – and concludes that Ginnie Mae should not tighten supervision of smaller IMBs.
CHLA Testifies before House Financial Services Committee on Housing Finance Reform
Don Calcaterra, Jr. testifies on behalf of CHLA at a House hearing on housing finance reform – outlining critical small lender priorities and essential protections, opposing new GSE charters to allow vertical integration, and laying out CHLA’s administrative plan to reform and recapitalize the GSEs.
CHLA Calls on RHS to Eliminate "Anachronistic" Interest Rate Cap
CHLA Calls on RHS to Eliminate “Anachronistic” Interest Rate Cap Contact: Scott Olson For Immediate Release 571-527-2601
CHLA Comment Letter to USDA Rural Housing Service re: RHS Interest Rate Ceiling
October 12, 2018 Request for Information Establishment of Maximum Interest Rate Rural Housing Service Kate Jensen Finance and Loan Analyst Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program USDA Rural Development 1400 Independence Avenue STOP 0784, Room 2250 Washington DC 20250-1522 Dear Ms. Jensen: The Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA) is pleased to submit these comments in response to the August 17 Request for
CHLA Member IMBs Write IRS: IMBs Should Be Fully Eligible for Small Business Passthrough Tax Deduction 10/01/2018
October 1, 2018 Hon. Steven Mnuchin Hon. Charles Rettig Secretary, Department of the Treasury Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 1111 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20220
Press Release – CHLA Member IMBs Write IRS 10/01/2018
IMBs Should Be Fully Eligible for Small Business Passthrough Tax Deduction Disallowing Deduction for IMBs based on Technicality is “Absurd” and “inconsistent with statutory language and Congressional intent” Contact: Scott Olson For Immediate Release 571-527-2601
National Mortgage News op-ed: Bill giambrone: suspend fannie/freddie pspa restrictions
In a National Mortgage News Op-ed, Bill Giambrone highlights CHLA’s recent letter to Treasury and FHFA asking for a suspension of the January PSPA amendments
Scotsman Guide April Magazine: Taylor stork and Matt van fossen – the paradigm and paradox of mortgage licensing
In an article in the April Scotsman Guide Magazine, Taylor Stork and Matt Van Fossen highlight the paradox that mortgage loan originators that work at
CHLA Writes FHFA, Treasury to ask for suspension of GSE Loan restrictions
In a letter to FHFA and Treasury, CHLA asks for a suspension of restrictions in the January PSPA amendments of so-called riskier loans and investment